Posts by raccoon@writing.exchange
(DIR) Post #AYMZJmmSs5t0S3NwAq by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-08-03T18:16:00Z
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This may be the dumbest piece of slavery apologism / historical revisionism that I've ever heard. I feel like the logic is so obviously stupid that anyone who isn't a racist wouldn't repeat it, and anyone who does repeat it is just throwing out bullshit for people who entered the discussion in good faith to have to wade through.
(DIR) Post #AYMZJrt1t76mHrUkbI by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-08-03T18:17:16Z
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And watch these dumbasses be like "OOHH GODWINS LAW! YOU CAN'T CALL US NAZIS JUST BECAUSE WE SAY THINGS ONLY LITERAL NAZIS WOULD SAY!!"
(DIR) Post #AYMZJvuwtv1KmyQL9E by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-08-03T18:22:25Z
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Wait for #NoLabels / #Centrists to weigh in like, "Well, maybe the slaves DID learn a lot from picking cotton, maybe is DOES justify slavery, maybe the US slavery system WASN'T one of the worst atrocities in all of history. tHeRe'S tWo SiDeS!!"
(DIR) Post #AZSA04aibCfpz2iB60 by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-03T15:55:48Z
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@spraoi @nm @evanI looked it up, and every source, even CATO, agrees cars emit between 20% and 30%, less than a third of US GGE.Even if it were though, the auto and oil industry has pushed huge amounts of money into blocking government efforts to make cars more fuel efficient, public/mass transit more effective, shutting down efforts to develop electric cars for decades, and funding climate denial.Sure, people can and should make personal changes, but capitalism is the main issue here.
(DIR) Post #Aa8AHTEiBSHqJHT2ye by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-25T16:11:15Z
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@freemo @evanNot only that, but replies are posts, part of another person's timeline.If someone is posting non-sequitors though, you should use the report button, see if server mods will do something about it. I know there have actually been server blocks for that, simply because it's a way for people from the Neo-Nazi servers to be disruptive.
(DIR) Post #Aa8O1xYN62w13tA3ay by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-25T18:45:20Z
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@freemo @evanYou misunderstand. Neo-Nazi servers were blocked because admins investigated them. Individual users got warnings and blocks for doing that from otherwise innocuous servers.
(DIR) Post #Aa8ODg8zeLbaXhsYTI by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-25T18:47:28Z
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@freemo @evanWhich is why I'm telling you to report it, if you think it's either spam or purposeful disruption. Give the mods of both servers an opportunity to look that over and decide if something should be done. For all you know, it's some sort of automated spam account that's slipped beneath the radar.
(DIR) Post #Aa8nKfmPtqMMIJkbYm by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-25T23:28:50Z
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@freemo @evanI usually ask them about it to give them a chance to prove they're not just a spammer.
(DIR) Post #Aa8pau58h19tC1NJlw by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-25T23:54:09Z
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@freemo @evanI would.By reporting it you are bringing it to the attention of the moderation team, that someone is making these non-sequitur comments, giving them a heads up that they should go look at this person's activity.
(DIR) Post #Aa8rfR02Rn7QLtHGhE by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-26T00:17:25Z
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@freemo @evan I will consider what you have said, because I see your point.All I am saying is, on Tech Hub, I would rather people click the report button, because I would rather look at reports that didn't need to be made than find weeks of mildly disruptive activity from a troll account I'd never seen, and I would rather have a chance to go send a PM to someone who isn't interacting well for whatever reason.Different styles I guess.
(DIR) Post #Aa8t3rmsbPoiKxKvhY by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-26T00:33:02Z
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@freemo @evanOh, of course, I'm not even saying every weird thing should be reported, I'd just rather people err on the side of letting the mod-team know what's up.
(DIR) Post #AaERWhSkR91UwfdkoK by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-28T16:50:53Z
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@aljazeeraWasting time and taxpayer money on something they don't have any evidence of, because they want the political win of the other guy being impeached so their guy looks less bad, as a government shutdown looms.
(DIR) Post #AaEr9khmoRVT9LOOtU by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-28T16:18:05Z
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@fredbrooker @evanThis is why we need to keep supporting efforts to undermine the party system and First Past The Post.(Though to be fair, Joe Biden is actually a good president, and the mainstream media is just not reporting on it, so we also need to undermine that, hence why Mastodon/Fedi is a good project)
(DIR) Post #AaEr9nkjTwe6bLnIP2 by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-28T20:28:56Z
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@fredbrooker @evanI don't necessarily disagree that we need to see more politicians below retirement age, simply because there's a strong lack of representation for anyone who isn't going to die in the next couple decades, or even has to wait to collect social security instead of having to work, but that's a systemic problem, a demographic problem, not a problem of Joe Biden.We're asking your issue with Joe Biden himself. Objectively speaking, he's getting the job done.
(DIR) Post #AaF3HDkCRZzggnqhbk by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-09-28T23:50:54Z
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@fredbrooker @freemo @evanBut Biden isn't senile. There's no evidence of serious mental decline. He's acting as he always has.Remember, Trump was the source of the idea that Biden is suffering from age-related conditions, repeating a lie until it's forced into discussion is basically his primary tactic in undermining democracy and rule-of-law. The stability-hostile mainstream media repeats it because Biden has been effective and stable, the opposite of Trump.
(DIR) Post #AaN8nWkhMULPwZzC8O by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-10-02T21:35:19Z
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@freemo @cjd @georgetakei> he raped a few peopleAs young as 12, allegedly, but you know, peer pressure can be tough, especially when you're trying to impress a cool guy like Jeffery Epstein.But yeah, I would agree that the words have been devalued: when evil Nazis show up, everyone is afraid to refer to them as evil Nazis, we have to water down the language to things like "Alt Right" or "MAGA", despite the fact that they are clearly evil, and despite the fact that their "ideas" are Naziism.
(DIR) Post #AbSSGCJvxTIdqaX0y0 by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-10-29T05:15:53Z
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"How can you have #Satyrs, #Minotaurs, and #Centaurs, and depict them all as potentially good and heroic characters? Where is the mythological precedent for that?"#Narnia:
(DIR) Post #AbSSGL7rDjzH9jwztQ by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-10-29T05:22:35Z
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...to be clear here, I think the idea is that they're like... Christian or something. Like, they're trying to live in line with what is good and natural, while the Lilith-inspired White Witch and her followers are trying to subvert the natural order for evil...#CSLewis's nonfictional takes on #religion and #philosophy are fascinating reads, and I highly recommend people look into them to see where #Christian philosophy peaked before its final decline.
(DIR) Post #AbSSGPduQW0DAIyePI by raccoon@writing.exchange
2023-10-29T05:23:18Z
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(Also, Satyrs, Minotaurs, and Centaurs are ballin.)
(DIR) Post #An8Nu6NBRTISjKxCGe by raccoon@writing.exchange
2024-10-18T14:53:30Z
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@davidHaving seen the other posts and reports about you, I think you know that's far from the only reason.